An agency desiring a hearing on a proposed regulation pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-111 (1976) (as amended) shall file with the clerk of the Court a transmittal form including a description of the subject matter of the regulation and a request that a hearing be scheduled. Within five (5) days the chief administrative law judge shall assign an administrative law judge to preside over the proceedings.
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